#D9C565#D9C565

#D9C565 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.119 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C565
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -5.09, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 50.37, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0161 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.119 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9323, 55.6259, 20.3634)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C565 #6579D9

analogous

#D98B65 #D9C565 #B3D965

triadic

#D9C565 #65D9C5 #C565D9

tetradic

#D9C565 #65D98B #6579D9 #D965B3

square

#D9C565 #65D98B #6579D9 #D965B3

split-complementary

#D9C565 #65B3D9 #8B65D9

monochromatic

#9D8927 #CDB334 #D9C565 #E5D796 #F1EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#D9C565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C565

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C565	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.119 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d693',
    500: '#d9c565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c565;
$custom-light: #e7d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82069,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C565

secondary

#4152A1

accent

#3BC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C565

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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